Culture Prize of the City of Fürth
The City of Fürth Culture Prize has been honoring people with outstanding achievements in the field of art who are connected to Fürth through birth, life or work since 1970 . The guidelines that apply today came into force on January 1, 2012, following a resolution by the city council on December 21, 2011.
Every 2 years, € 12,000 (€ 6,000 each from two budget years) is available for awarding the prizes. If, due to the worthiness of the prize, proposed persons or groups in the composition of the prize money need € 13,000, € 1,000 is to be taken from the freely available fund of the same budgetary point.
- The prize money for the City of Fürth Culture Prize is € 6,000.
- The city of Fürth's cultural sponsorship awards are worth € 2,000 each.
- The city of Fürth's special culture prize is worth € 3,000 each.
- The Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize is endowed with € 1,500 each.
The city has been awarding the Jakob-Wassermann Literature Prize in honor of its great son since 1996 .
Prize winner: Culture Prize of the City of Fürth
The Culture Prize of the City of Fürth can be awarded to a personality linked to Franconia through birth, life or work in recognition of their extraordinary achievements and / or lasting merits in the field of art and culture.
- 1970: Werner Heider , composer, pianist and conductor
- 1993: Kunihiko Kato , sculptor
- 1995: Jutta Czurda , dancer
- 1996: Johann Helmut Schmidt-Rednitz , painter
- 2000: Christel Opp , conductor
- 2002: Ortwin Michl , painter and art professor
- 2004: Thilo Wolf , jazz pianist and big band leader
- 2007: Ewald Arenz , author
- 2009: Oliver Boberg , visual artist
- 2012: Heinrich Hartl , composer, pianist
- 2014: Andreas Oehlert , object artist, draftsman
- 2018: Matthias Egersdörfer , cabaret artist
Prize winners: City of Fürth's cultural sponsorship awards
The City of Fürth's cultural prizes can be awarded to people or groups who are connected to Franconia by birth, life or work, who have rendered worthy achievements in the field of art and culture and in doing so show further positive developments.
- 1971: Harald Hubl , Walter Zimmermann
- 1972: Ortwin Michl , painter; Gerd Scherm , writer
- 1976: Chris Bruder , visual artist
- 1986: Thilo Wolf , jazz pianist and big band leader
- 1989: Hjalmar Leander Weiss , painter, visual artist; Jutta Czurda , dancer
- 1998: Inge Gutbrod , visual artist
- 2001: Peter Stutzmann , visual artist
- 2005: Elisen Quartet : Anja Schaller and Maria Schalk (violins), Karoline Hofmann (viola), Irene von Fritsch (violoncello); Christoph Müller, trombonist, composer
- 2006: Sabine Härting , painter; Elke Fenneteau , visual artist; Chamber orchestra KlangLust!
- 2008: Sascha Banck , visual artist; Daniela Holweg , musician; Theater from the Kultur Kammer Gut
- 2010: Bianca Schelling , painter; Mathias Wehr , conductor; Theater Youth Club Fürth
- 2012: Julia Frischmann , painter; Christoph Schedler , dancer
- 2014: Sigrun Arenz , writer; Kathrin Hausel , visual artist
- 2016: Ursula Kreutz , painter; Benjamin Zuber, visual artist; John Lidfors, choir conductor
- 2018: Lara Ermer , literature; Pawel Zalejski , music
Prize winners: Special prizes for culture from the city of Fürth
The City of Fürth's Special Culture Prize has been awarded since 2012 to people, groups and institutions that set continuous and / or outstanding accents in the cultural life of the city of Fürth and have a lasting effect.
- 2012: Bernd Noack , journalist
- 2014: Sirka Schwartz-Uppendieck and Ingeborg Schilffarth, artistic directors of the Fürth Church Music Days
- 2016: Franz Janetzko, visual artist; Ingrid Lamatsch, traditional curator
- 2018: Günter Derleth , photographer
Prize winners: Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize
The Fürth siblings Leonhard (1897–1983) and Ida (1892–1993) Wolf donated a commemorative prize to promote young artists from the fields of music and visual arts who live in Middle Franconia, preferably in Fürth and Nuremberg. The prize has been awarded since 1995.
- 1995: Lilian Gern (piano), Christof Kuen (viola), Stefan Vorteilel (painting), Marion Reinhard (bassoon), Stefan Schultz (trumpet)
- 1996: Birgit Kölbl (music), Xenia Löffler (music), Heidi Schiekofer (music), Doris Webersberger-Maier (visual arts), Corinna Zimprich (music)
- 1998: Karsten Friedrich (drums), Stefan Raith (violin), Julia Rempe (soprano), Dieter Wittmann (visual arts)
- 2001: Konrad Hütten (violoncello), Hildegard Kuen (viola), Katja Lunkenheimer (piano), Tine Melzer (visual arts), Christine Michler (viola)
- 2003: Wolfgang Auer (flute), Christine Michler (viola), Nina Riedmann (violoncello), Lisa Maria Schachtschneider (piano), Florian Tuercke (visual arts)
- 2005: Monika Lück (recorder), Roland Klappstein (baritone), 4rhythm (music)
- 2007: Julia Frischmann (visual arts), Katharina Schmerer (vocals), Fløtscum (music)
- 2009: Eva Landendörfer, Georg Stanka, Bastus Trump, Sixphones
- 2012: Julius Beck, Carina Madsius
- 2014: Lena Dobler (singer-songwriter), Oliver Riedmüller (saxophone), Michael Höfner (drums)
- 2016: Imke Hagedorn (piano), Waldemar Darscht (violin), Moritz König (violin)
- 2017: Laura Reicher (piano), Mortiz Neukam (bass), Victor König (bassoon)
In addition to Fürth, a Leonhard and Ida Wolf Memorial Prize is also awarded in Munich.